RUSSELL HOWARD ANNOUNCES RESCHEDULED DATES IN NORTH AMERICA AND EUROPE FOR WORLD TOUR, RESPITE

250,000 TOUR TICKETS ALREADY SOLD

“a joy to watch”Elise Czajkowski, The New York Times

“He’s cheeky, he’s charming, and he may be your new favourite British export in a Brexit world” Time Out USA

“Howard is a megastar” ★★★★ Allan Radcliffe, The Times UK

“one of the world’s top comedians” Martin Hemming,The Sunday Times UK

It was announced today, Tuesday 28th April 2020, that following a sold-out and critically acclaimed UK arena run stand-up comedian Russell Howard (BBC’s Russell Howard’s Good News, Sky’s The Russell Howard Hour, Sky’s Russell Howard’s Home Time) has rescheduled dates in North America and Europe to take place in Spring/Summer 2021 for his third and largest world tour, Respite, due to the coronavirus outbreak. In total, the tour will take Russell to 69 cities across 24 countries in 5 continents with further information on additional postponed dates to follow.

On the 3rd March 2021, Russell is now set to start his tour of Europe in Zurich, followed by cities including Berlin, Geneva, Munich, Stockholm, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Vienna, Cologne, Antwerp, Budapest, Helsinki, Copenhagen (2 shows), Oslo, Gothenburg and Bergen through to 16th April. On the 8th May 2021, Russell will begin his tour of the USA and Canada in New York, followed by cities including Los Angeles (2 shows), San Francisco (2 shows), Portland (2 shows), Seattle (2 shows), Vancouver (2 shows), Denver, Minneapolis (2 shows), Chicago, Toronto (2 shows), Boston (2 shows) and Montreal, ending with Washington DC on the 26th May.

Russell is currently on our screens presenting a new show, Russell Howard’s Home Time, from his childhood bedroom and donating his fee to NHS Charities Together and The Trussell Trust. A far cry from the usual polished studio sets, the “absolutely fan-flipping-tastic” (Chris Evans) and “endearingly makeshift series” (The Daily Mail) sees Russell giving his unique perspective on current world events, as he chats to some famous faces and interesting people in lockdown including Jack Whitehall, Louis Theroux, Katherine Ryan, Greg Davies, Michelle Wolf, John Richardson, Guz Khan, James Bay, Stephen Merchant, Kasabian’s Serge Pizzorno, and heroes on the front line including Bafta and Emmy award winning film maker Hassan Akkad, intensive care doctor Aoife Abbey andmental health volunteer Caitlin Grant. The show airs twice a week in the UK on Tuesday at 10pm and Thursday at 10.30pm on Sky One and NOW TV. Every episode is also available worldwide at midday following broadcast via Russell Howard’s YouTube Channel which has over one million subscribers.

Russell’s 2017 sell-out international tour, Round the World, saw him break the record for the biggest English speaking stand-up show in China and play a record-breaking 10 night run at the Royal Albert Hall, overtaking 8 in a row jointly held by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow. The tour culminated with the global release of Netflix Special Recalibrate.

“Howard’s presence and manner are honed art forms, and his pacing is close to perfection. His set is tightly-packed, relentless, accelerating and energetic. But every word is crystal clear. This tightrope between rushing and dragging is rarely so well walked.”

★★★★ Alex Bruce, Chortle

“In Respite he takes stock of the current chaos and concludes that we need more fun…. Howard says laughter brings people together. It certainly did last night.”

★★★★ Bruce Dessau, The Evening Standard

“Hero’s return for the uplifting comedy king…Howard is undeniably one of the biggest names in comedy”

★★★★ Josh Stephenson, The Metro

“Howard masterfully builds a show that is hilarious and convincing in equal manner”

★★★★ Owen Richards, The i

“It’s safe to say this show went down a storm”

★★★★★ Tabitha James, Young Perspective

“Russell Howard is back with a bang”

Shyvonne Thomas, Digital Spy

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Russell Howard:

Russell is currently on our screens with his new Sky One series Russell Howard’s Home Time, presented from his childhood bedroom.

Russell began his third and largest world tour Respite with a sold-out and critically-acclaimed UK arena run in Autumn 2019. In total, the rescheduled tour will take Russell to 69 cities across 24 countries in 5 continents with 250,000 tickets already sold to date.

Russell was recently on our screens with the third series of The Russell Howard Hour on Sky One. The show was the most successful new entertainment series to launch on the channel since 2010 and has since received over 400 million views across social media as a result of multiple segments going viral. Filmed in front of a studio audience, Russell conducts in-depth wider social interviews with an array of interesting people after having guests including Ed Sheeran, John Oliver, Alesha Dixon, Chris O’Dowd, Naomi Klein, Jamie Oliver, Louis Theroux, Diane Abbott, Greg Davies, Fiona Bruce, Richard Curtis, Stephen Merchant, Jack Black and Elizabeth Banks to name a few. The fourth, fourteen-part series (14 x 60’) is already commissioned.

Russell Howard and his mum Ninette were recently on our screens with the fourth series of Comedy Central’s Russell Howard & Mum: Globetrotters. The first three series reached 4.2M individuals, with the first series being the highest rated new commission on the channel the year it launched. After achieving as much as +241% on the 16-34s slot average and +172% on the adults slot average, series three and four were commissioned with extended episodes.

A Netflix special of Russell’s previous critically acclaimed world tour titled Recalibrate launched worldwide in December 2017.

Russell’s 2017 sell-out international tour, Round the World saw him play a total of 87 dates with runs in the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, China, New Zealand and Australia. This tour also saw a record-breaking 10-night run at the Royal Albert Hall, overtaking eight in a row jointly held by Frank Sinatra and Barry Manilow, and performing the biggest ever stand-up show in China.

Whilst Russell was touring Round The World in 2017, his previous stand-up show Wonderbox (2014) went viral with 15 million views in China (with Mandarin subtitles) and 55 million views worldwide. Russell Crowe and Stephen Fry are amongst some of the Twitterati who shared the heart-warming story of Russell and a sick fan’s triumph over adversity.

Russell Howard’s Good News is available around the world via a YouTube channel launched in 2014 – allowing fans to watch full episodes of the show (without piracy) in countries where the show wasn’t already broadcast – and has had over 48 million views and been watched in 180 countries (including North Korea and Vatican City)

Russell’s stand-up series, Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central, which aired from April 2015 on Comedy Central (UK) achieved viewing figures of 159% above the slot average for its first episode.

Episodes of Russell Howard’s Good News have even been subtitled and uploaded to Chinese video site AcFun, where the show has also been watched over 4 million times.

Russell has over 6 million followers on social media.

10 series of Russell Howard’s Good News has seen Russell write and star in 96 episodes.

Russell Howard’s Good News was regularly the most watched show on iPlayer across all BBC Channels.

On the 10th anniversary of the channel, a poll of over 10,000 readers of Digital Spy voted Russell Howard’s Good News as the best ever BBC Three Show, beating shows such as Little Britain and Gavin & Stacey

Russell’s 2014 Wonderbox tour saw him perform to over 285,000 fans at 40 shows across the UK and Ireland, including four consecutive nights at London’s Royal Albert Hall.

Russell extended his 2014 Wonderbox tour across the world following over 17,000 suggestions from his fans after he asked them via Facebook where they’d most like to see him perform. The extra sold out dates saw Russell travel to New York, LA, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington DC, Denver, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Brisbane and Auckland.

Russell’s tour in 2011, Right Here, Right Now saw him perform to over 240,000 fans across the country, including three sold out dates at London’s O2 arena.

Russell performed to over one million people on his UK and international tours from 2006-2014.

Russell Howard has four bestselling stand-up DVDs, 2014’s Wonderbox Live, 2011’s Right Here, Right Now, 2008’s Russell Howard Live and 2009’s Russell Howard Live – Dingledodies, which have sold over 619,000 DVDs and all been in the top 5 DVD comedy chart.

In addition to being a regular on Mock The Week, Russell was twice featured on Live At The Apollo and appeared on Would I Lie To You (BBC One), Never Mind The Buzzcocks (BBC Two), and 8 Out 10 Cats (Channel 4).

In 2010 Russell took part in the Sport Relief Million Pound Bike Ride with David Walliams, Jimmy Carr, Fearne Cotton, Miranda Hart, Patrick Kielty and Davina McCall – cycling 874 miles from John O’Groats to Land’s End in 4 days and raising over ￡1,337.099.

In 2010 Russell ran the London Marathon, raising money for the National Society for Epilepsy – a condition from which his brother suffers. He completed the 26 mile course in 4 hours and 15 minutes and raised over ￡7,000.

Russell Howard’s fifth ever stand-up gig got him to the final of Channel 4’s So You Think You’re Funny.

In 2006 Russell Howard was nominated for the Edinburgh Fringe Comedy Award for his show Wandering, which followed with a nationwide sell-out tour.

From November 2006 to July 2008, Russell co-hosted The Russell Howard Show (BBC 6 Music) with fellow comedian Jon Richardson in a Sunday morning slot previously hosted by Russell Brand.

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